The urban marine environment of Singapore

Regional Studies in Marine Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 331-339

  Sin, Tsai Min ^a   Ang, Hwee Peng ^a   Buurman, Joost ^b   Lee, Ai Chin ^a   Leong, Yi Lin ^a   Ooi, Seng Keat ^a   Steinberg, Peter ^c,d,e   Teo, Serena Lay Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental contaminants; Singapore; Tropical coastal water quality; Urban marine environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973649687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2016.01.011     Document Type: Article

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